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STATE v. WARD

No. 56390.

776 S.W.2d 906 (1989)

STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. James A. WARD, a/k/a James Mance, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

September 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Morley Swingle, Pros. Atty., Cape Girardeau, for appellant.

Marshall Shain, Cape Girardeau, for respondent.

CRIST, Judge.

The State appeals the dismissal of its information. § 547.210, RSMo 1986. Defendant was charged with tampering with a witness. We reverse and remand.

Section 575.270 provides in part:

A person commits the crime of `tampering with a witness' if, with purpose to induce a witness or a prospective witness in an official proceeding to disobey a subpoena or other legal process, or to absent himself or avoid subpoena or other legal process...

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